Sharex: [Feature request] Support Windows Share

Created on 29 Aug 2018 · 4Comments · Source: ShareX/ShareX

First of all - well done for building such a great tool!

One feature that's definitely missing is support for windows 10 sharing system. More and more apps allow you to share their content within Windows, and it would be great if ShareX was capable of accepting images, links and text from other apps.

Especially with the upcoming release of a new snipping tool within Windows and Edge being not so bad anymore, being able to share content to your default ShareX location would make a huge difference.

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nazwa

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Hi @Jaex,

Thanks for looking into it. You might be right about UWP. The only thing I was able to find was https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/app-to-app/receive-data#declare-your-app-as-a-share-target

But then again, ShareX is available on the Windows Store. Doesn't that give it access to the UWP APIs through the packager/bridge?

nazwa on 3 Oct 2018

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I can't find how to add ShareX there. Because when I search about Windows Share unrelated stuffs show up. Also I'm not sure is non UWP apps supported there, probably not.

Jaex on 2 Oct 2018

Hi @Jaex,

Thanks for looking into it. You might be right about UWP. The only thing I was able to find was https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/app-to-app/receive-data#declare-your-app-as-a-share-target

But then again, ShareX is available on the Windows Store. Doesn't that give it access to the UWP APIs through the packager/bridge?

nazwa on 3 Oct 2018

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@nazwa I have implemented this feature through the bridge. 😁
see #3894